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Hello,
I am curious how everyone is mounting there metal armor.I used the snap ring method with my styrene armor.But what I noticed was,every time I took A step I can hear the rings clinging.It is very faint.But I can still hear it.Also every time I stretch or bend over,pieces of the armor come unsnapped.Trying to keep up with my 7 year old son,Is hard enough already.Without having to stop to attach the armor every ten minutes.I am going with A R.A. vest.I was thinking of gluing,with some kind of adhesive.Where the chest armor and shoulders will be there permanently.The back piece
I was just going to let float.I was going to use velcro for the collar since it is the last piece to go on.DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE BETTER SUGGESTIONS?I welcome all your help.
Thank you Shawn

Snaps work fine on my metal pieces. One thing to be careful of is spacing the chest pieces. Due to the weight of the metal, the chest pieces will tend to sag the front of the vest, so much even that the ab plate and chest pieces will rub together if they are too close together. Don't rely on laying your vest flat and doing your armor placement. Put it on, they apply the collar, then diamond, then chest pieces, then the ab plate. Trust me on this one. Been there, done that.

get a couple sheets of magnet and cut two sets of armor out stick one pair on the back of you armour and the other pair on your shirt by sewing. stick them on.
just an idea i had one night. don't say anything bad about it.

I JB welded short screws to the back of the plates and then used washers and nuts inside the vest with lock-tite. No probs yet. I think most of us have the same metal armor... so i used the above method and put:

4 mounts on each chest
the center diamond is velcro'd
3 on the collar
3 on the abdomen plate
and 3 on each shoulder